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From: leeast AT home DOT com (Lee Eastman)
Subject: Re: Common DOS programs in DJGPP
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In article <mg12sso35mkbqbks2jejbkkquffm0k760b AT 4ax DOT com>, AndrewJ <luminous-is AT REMOVE DOT home DOT com> wrote:
>On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 05:56:28 GMT, leeast AT home DOT com (Lee Eastman) wrote:
>
>If you want to get technical, console programs don't run in a DOS box.  They
>run in Win32 console mode.  There's an importance between the two (virtual DOS
>sessions must provide access to the low-level DOS API, whereas NT console
>executables don't).  Try writing to CON: from a console application and watch
>it fail because CON: doesn't exist there.
>
Technically, you're right, no arguement from me, but most people who see those 
things (win32 console mode boxes) think that it's just DOS. The main point I 
was trying to make is that Borland's free compiler is NOT a DOS compiler and 
can't be made in to one (at least without a lot of very high-falutin tricks, 
pretty much over the head of most of us rank beginners).

Lee